After the Black Dragon Sect's sect master spread the news, the Imperial Beast Sect could only choose to withdraw their troops.

After all, there was no longer any meaning for the Imperial Beast Sect to continue staying here.

Originally, the Imperial Beast Sect had wanted to monopolize the Hundun secret realm.

As long as they controlled the key to the Hundun secret realm, no one would compete with them, and obtaining Hundun would only be a matter of time but now that Black Dragon Sect had made the Hundun secret realm available to share, the Imperial Beast Sect could only give up.

Otherwise, if the Imperial Beast Sect couldn't take down Black Dragon Sect in a short time, and all the other sects arrived, the Imperial Beast Sect would be the ones in trouble.

As for this move by Black Dragon Sect's sect master Luo Jie, in Hu Gu's view, it was hard to evaluate but for now, this seemed to be the best choice.

After all, Black Dragon Sect currently had no Ascension realm cultivator presiding over it, which was its greatest weakness.

After the Imperial Beast Sect withdrew their troops, the Black Dragon Sect cultivators all breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, flying swords were sent to various sects, and everyone learned that Black Dragon Sect was holding a "Hundun Grand Ceremony." The Black Dragon Sect's sect master was about to open the Hundun secret realm, and disciples from any sect could participate to seek opportunities.

However, Black Dragon Sect set a rule, cultivators participating in the Hundun secret realm could not be below the Golden Core realm.

Through the scroll over the years, the Black Dragon Sect's sect master had learned about the Hundun secret realm and discovered that the laws inside were very different.

Inside the Hundun secret realm, everyone's realm would be suppressed to the Golden Core realm by the laws. Cultivators below the Golden Core realm would be unable to withstand the spiritual pressure inside and would explode into blood mist.

For a time, most of the Western Region learned about the "Hundun Grand Ceremony" and successively headed to Black Dragon Sect.

The entire Black Dragon Sect also made preparations to welcome the arrival of various sects.

It very much had the appearance of turning the "Hundun Grand Ceremony" into a grand celebration.

And indeed, in the view of quite a few elders, they felt their sect master's decision was quite reasonable.

Since their Black Dragon Sect couldn't swallow the Hundun secret realm alone, they might as well let everyone eat together.

They might have lost out, but it was still better than fighting the Imperial Beast Sect to mutual destruction.

Furthermore, hosting the Hundun Grand Ceremony could also elevate Black Dragon Sect's status and reputation in the Western Region but Xiao Mo didn't care about any of this.

During this time while waiting for the Hundun Grand Ceremony, Xiao Mo lived in the same courtyard with Wangxin and Sili.

Wangxin took care of Xiao Mo's daily needs, not at all like a Buddhist saintess, but rather like a little wife.

Sili, on the other hand, was like a charming concubine Xiao Mo had taken in, constantly posing seductively before Xiao Mo, and at night she liked to wander around in front of him wearing thin clothes but Xiao Mo ignored all of it.

However, Sili was becoming increasingly excessive.

One night, Sili launched a night raid on Xiao Mo's room, only to be planted in the ground by Xiao Mo, literally planted, with only her head exposed.

In the morning, Wangxin had to dig Sili out.

Apart from cultivation, Xiao Mo frequently went to drink wine with his eldest and second brothers.

And after no longer needing to hide his identity, Xiao Mo gave his eldest and second brothers spirit stones, magical treasures, pills, and other things helpful for cultivation.

Moreover, because of Xiao Mo, Zheng Shanhan and Lou Tai were also taken as personal disciples by a peak lord.

Zheng Shanhan and Lou Tai never imagined that in the end, they would "rise to success" because of their fifth brother but the more this was the case, the more emotional they felt.

If fourth brother hadn't gone down the wrong path...

Fifth brother would surely have helped them enter Black Dragon Sect as well.

Their five sworn brothers would be reunited now, wouldn't they?

Thinking about this, Zheng Shanhan raised his wine jar and drank heavily once more.

Xiao Mo and Lou Tai knew what their eldest brother was feeling sad about, but neither said anything, only drinking with him.

None of the three used spiritual power to resist the intoxication, and before long, Xiao Mo collapsed drunk on the table.

Whenever Xiao Mo got drunk, Wangxin would come to his side and carry him back to the courtyard on her back.

After placing Xiao Mo on the bed, Wangxin would help him remove his wine-soaked clothes, then fetch a basin of water to wipe him down, and carefully cover him with the blanket, tucking in the corners.

Then the young girl would sit at Xiao Mo's bedside just like that, quietly watching him, her clear eyes blinking.

Her eyes were full of him.

Her whole world seemed to be him as well.

"How can Xiao Mo's luck be so good?"

Sili leaned against the doorframe, looking at the two people in the room with some emotion.

A Buddhist saintess with a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart was now serving a demonic sect's Holy Son like a little maidservant.

If this matter were to get out, wouldn't the monks of Kongnian Temple all vomit blood?

Sili walked to Wangxin's side and smiled at the young girl before her, "Before long, your Kongnian Temple will also dispatch elders and disciples to attend the Hundun Grand Ceremony. When they see you together with Xiao Mo, what will you do?"

"I don't understand what Sister Sili means." Wangxin turned her head, looking at Sili with confusion.

"What else could I mean?" Sili sighed and shook her head, "You are Buddha, he is demon. You two cannot be together. Eventually, you'll have to separate."

"No, we won't." Wangxin shook her head, "I won't separate from Xiao Mo."

"So certain?" Sili smiled.

"I've heard that your Buddhist sect is going to select a disciple this time to serve as the leader of the younger generation. Your Buddhist cultivation is renowned throughout the entire Buddhist community, and you have the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart. Many people have proposed that you, the Wonderful Lotus Saintess, take this position as leader.

In the future, you may very well command the entire Buddhist sect, step into the Ascension realm, or even step into the legendary Buddha realm.

Could it be that for Xiao Mo, you don't even want your own future?"

Wangxin looked at Sili sincerely, "If leaving Xiao Mo is what it takes to obtain this future... then I don't want it."

"Do you know that for us cultivators, realm is everything? What charm does this man have that makes you so entranced? To the point of giving up your future?" Sili was somewhat angry, feeling that this young girl wasn't worth it.

"I'm not entranced, nor have I given up the Buddhist path." Wangxin pouted slightly, "I'm only taking care of Xiao Mo, and while taking care of him, I'm also cultivating properly..."

Sili, "..."

"But if Sister Sili insists on a reason..." Wangxin lowered her head, "Perhaps it's because of something Xiao Mo said when I was young..."

"One sentence?"

"Mm-hmm." Wangxin nodded, "At that time, many, many things happened. Xiao Mo once said to me that in the future, the people who need to be killed, he will kill them. The blood that needs to be stained, he will stain it. And I only need to stay the way I was before."

The young girl raised her delicate face, looking at Xiao Mo, extending her small hand to gently cover his broad palm.

"I don't want Xiao Mo to kill people. I also know I can't persuade him to stop. Since I can't persuade him, then I'll just stay with him all along.

In the future, the karmic sins he commits, I will bear.

The blood he stains, I will wash.

The path he walks is my way."